Vulnerability in Ulrich Callmeier Net-Acct
CVE-2004-0851
The (1) write_list and (2) dump_curr_list functions in Net-Acct before 0.71 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 2.1 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (27.3th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 27th percentile — 27.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Ulrich Callmeier Net-Acct — versions 0.6, 0.7, 0.71
References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17283 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/12476 (Patch, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-559 (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- marc.info/ (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/11125 (Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- exorsus.net/projects/net-acct/net-acct-notempfiles.patch (Vendor Advisory)